For the Sixers, the only surprise of the night was that the NBA made Elton Brand share a desk with some guy from the Celtics.

The Los Angeles Lakers first-round pick that Sam Hinkie acquired at the 2015 trade deadline for Michael Carter-Williams finally conveyed, and the Sixers will have the No. 10 pick in the 2018 NBA draft. This didn’t come as a shock at all, as the scenario had an 87 percent chance of taking place heading into the night.

“Probability suggested this is where we would end up tonight, both keeping the pick and selecting at No. 10,” Bryan Colangelo said in a statement. “Given the depth of the draft pool, we expect to be in a position to add another talented young piece to our developing core.”

Whether there will be a shared Sixers-Celtics desk again next season (there better be!), this outcome means that Boston will likely get the Sacramento Kings’ 2019 first-round pick as part of the Markelle Fultz trade. Fultz is still only 19...